Ah the humble limousine – symbol of the rich and famous… and also large groups of teenagers with £10 each. Still, whether we think the limousine is classy or classless there’s no denying our interest in a fuel cell model.
Indeed that’s exactly what has been introduced at Tokyo’s Narita International Airport after Honda teamed up with All Nippon Airways to offer the Honda FCX Clarity fuel cell vehicle as a limousine to passengers on international flights.
The partnership came at the request of The Research Association of Hydrogen Supply/Utilisation Technology (HySUT), which was founded in July 2009 with the goal of establishing a hydrogen supply infrastructure and improving the hydrogen business environment. Today there are more than 18 companies/associations completing phase one and phase two of its studies.
Phase one involves the “Hydrogen Highway Project” in the Tokyo area and the “Hydrogen Town Project” at Kita-Kyushu City; while phase two is being carried out in three projects: “Technical and Social Demonstration Study”; “Development of Technologies for Hydrogen Production, Transportation; and Storage Systems”; and “Demonstration study utilising Kita-Kyushu Hydrogen Town”.
